As we prepare for the Easter break, here’s the March edition of our newsletter.
The TEL Team welcomes its newest member, Abigail
Please join us in welcoming Abigail Mason. Abigail is the the newest member to join the Technology Enhanced Learning Team (TELT). She joins Danielle and Raqib as our 3rd Learning Technology Officers – the first points of contact for all TEL related queries.
Let’s meet…Steve Brant
In this edition, we are talking to Steve Brant, the Digital Learning Advisor in the School of Business and Management.
Find out what Steve is currently working on in our Let’s meet…Steve Brant article.
TELT & EECS Virtual Collaboration
The Technology Enhanced Learning Team (TELT) continue to collaborate with academics and colleagues across QMUL to analyse the impact technology can have on the student experience. This month, TELT began a new pilot scheme with the school of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) to develop 3D models and virtual environments via the Mozilla Hubs platform.
Find out more about the pilot scheme.
Mentimeter news
TELT at the Mentimeter conference
The TELT attended the recent Mentimeter conference in Manchester and would like to pass on some of the upcoming developments mentioned in their roadmap.
As you might perhaps expect, AI was top of the tree in discussions throughout the day and featured prominently in their plans.
Two new AI tools mentioned are:
- a response sorter to group audience responses into logical categories in your presentations
- a prompt generator to help with drafting slides for presentations
These two tools are available on an opt in/out basis depending on data storage requirements, but hopefully we will have more news on these soon.
In addition to these, we can look forward to a post-session analytics tool to help presenters drill down into responses in word clouds etc, and a new desktop interface for those who wish to participate without using a hand-held device.
Upcoming TELT Workshops and Sessions
We have a number of staff development sessions running in the coming months including:
- Mentimeter: Basic Training – Thursday 11th April, 12:00-13:00 and Advanced Training – Thursday 18th April, 13:00-15:00.
- Turnitin: Understanding the Turnitin similarity report – Wednesday 17th April, 12:00-12:45.
- Navigating the QMplus Gradebook: A two part series – Wednesday 8th May, 10:30-11:15 and Thursday 16th May, 14:30-15:15.
Please consider booking on to one of our TELT sessions, or pass details on to fellow staff who may be interested. Find out more about about the content of the staff development sessions and links to book yourself a place.
Frequently asked questions
This month our support team have been dealing with several Q-Review related questions:
Q: How can I gain ownership of a Q-Review recording to edit and share recordings?
A: You must raise an ITS Helpdesk ticket and within the ticket the existing owner must give permission for the rights to be passed over.
Q: How can I find out the existing owner of a Q-Review recording?
A: Please raise an ITS helpdesk ticket for the attention of TELT.
Q: How can I ensure a specific individual is the owner of a scheduled Q-Review recordings?
A: When making a Q-Review booking request (QReviewBookings@qmul.ac.uk) please ensure the individual making the request states they would like to be the owner of one or all the scheduled recordings.
